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Nehemiah 1: 3 - 4 and 5 - 11.  

In Nehemiah we find an exceptional man doing a secular job. Although he has a good job, as cupbearer to the king, he was still doing something almost anyone could do.  He did not need a special divine call to be a cupbearer.

But God wanted him to do a special work for his nation, Israel, something that not everybody could do. In other words God calls people out of the world who are doing something anybody can do, in order to have them do a job  that only they can do.

The vast majority of Christians are doing jobs that any person can do. Any person can be a cab driver, a book keeper, or a typist. But only a dedicated follower of Jesus can be a soul winner. Every Christian can ask the Lord, "What do you want me to do?"  This attitude is badly lacking in the Christian community worldwide. Christians unfortunately have the same attitude toward life and getting on in life as non-Christians have. They make the exact same choices as unbelievers do, and for the same reasons.

Very few Christians ask, "Lord what do you want me to do?" Yet if we would ask God, he would give us an answer. And we would have total spiritual revolution in our churches because god has a job for each one of us, a job that no one else can do.

It is evident that at the time Nehemiah, God was looking for a man. A few men came from Judah to the place where Nehemiah was living. Nehemiah asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped and concerning Jerusalem.  He got a very negative report about his people, so much so that he had to sit down, and fast, and pray, and weep.

God knew the man he wanted.  Here was a man with an open heart, a man God needed, and one who reacted exactly the way God wanted him to react.

The moment that terrible need came to the mind and heart of Nehemiah, he did the only correct thing - he immediately brought that problem to his God, knowing that only god had the solution. Nehemiah also knew that the way to get really get through to God is by prayer and fasting. So he began to pray and fast.

I have to answer the question, "What kind of person is God using today?" Then I would say, "It is the one who humbles himself before god and makes confession of sins."

Then comes the beautiful prayer of Nehemiah in chapter one vs. 5-11, one of the most moving prayers in scriptures. In it he confesses his sin, his fathers sin, and his nations sin. Unless we begin to confess our sin, God will not call us to do anything vital for him.

Then I said:
      "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his commands, 6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's house, have committed against you. 7 We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

8 "Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, 9 but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.'

10 "They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand. 11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man."
     I was cupbearer to the king.

Have I been told of a need of people I love?  How do I react?  Do I react like Nehemiah?  I ask myself this.......

 Thanks again for the devotional JudyB.  I've come to really appreciate the forums and people here.

I awoke this morning to more abnormally low temps and light showers. The goldfinches at one feeder, a pair of cardinals at another and the ever present robins foraging for worms. All peaceful in it's own way. I'm getting concerned though for my poor roses as the foilage is showing stress from all the water. All in all a good beginning of a new week.

Thank, Judy, for the new week!  We all need to ask God what He wants us to do.  We might be surprised by the answer!

Well, church was awesome and comical yesterday.  We all were asked to wear a hat to church yesterday.  Some did, some didn't.  There was a display of old women hats...that doesn't mean old women but means old hats!...maybe I should have said 'women's old hats'!  I counted 28 hats with hat boxes, some pictures of who wore those hats many years ago, a tabletop mirror and many box type purses.  Some hats matched the purses!  Really interesting to see.  At the end of the service, three people judged and gave out hanging floral baskets to the oldest hat, to the most ornate hat, to the most unique hat and the best hat worn by a man.  A different twist for Mother's Day. 

Then there were only 3 of us that went out to eat...I guess the other ladies were being treated by their kid(s) for lunch. 

Ivalou and I came home and I finished getting caught up online and sent four pictures in email for my entries to Photo Guild tonight. 

THEN I deep cleaned my living room.  Whew!  I then watched three TV shows and went to bed at 10pm...tired!  I slept until 8am!!  I WAS tired. 

I have done all the usual things this morning plus changed my bed and did a load of laundry.  I take Ivalou to rehab at 11am and will take my trash to Kaye Don's at that time also.  Glad the truck runs after noon. 

It is one beautiful sunny day in Indiana.  Cool...only 48°.  And not suppose to get very high today at all. 

I pray that everyone has a fruitful God's Day today!

That does sound like a fun and interesting Mothers' Day service, Etta Sue.

I worked five hours, now am home for a few, then back to help serve supper at 5:00.  We are having special thing this week because it is Ntional Nursing Home Week.  Looks as if I will be working evey day this week, at least through Friday.

Now I think a little nap is in order!

Judy:  Lovely - just lovely to read the prayers.  Thank you.

Larry:  Yes, we are grateful that his new hearing aides will be here in a couple of weeks. 

Gord:  Sometimes, we go for months without seeing anything.  It is always a marvel.  However, I never want to come upon a bear or a cougar - almost walked right into a moose years ago was enough for me.  And, once a deer came so close, she licked my face.  Her tongue was really rough.  I hope it is warming up enough for you & Maureen to sit outdoors. 

today:  Back spasms & I wore a back brace that some of the children bought me - it is so constricting but may have helped.  Finally finished a quilt.  Packing some things - and would you not know it - I think we will get 14" to more inches of snow Tuesday night & we have to get over the road before that arrives. 

We spent yesterday at daughter's home & none of the boys could come but thankful that we had a wonderful visit with daughter's family. 

Etta Sue:  That sounds like a beautiful collection to me  and such treasures. 

Hi everyone. 

I have been on the run all day.  I went to coffee and then to MicroCenter.  I took the laptop that our daughter used to have in to see if they would diagnose it to confirm that the hard disk had failed, which both my good friend and I believe is the problem.  The free technical support area didn't open until 11am or perhaps 1 pm (they weren't sure at the store).  So I found a notebook hard drive and purchased it.  I have 30 days where I can return it but think I probably won't be returning it.  However, it had no software with it and when I tried to load software it couldn't find the hard drive as I had no drivers installed.  I did some research and found I was in over my head.  My good friend, Rod, is in Williamsburg for a week and then plans to go on to Delaware to visit his son and family.  So I am just putting it aside until he gets back.  I have a feeling he will know what to do.  There is no urgency about this project as an going to load Ubuntu 10.04, which is a Linux operating system, and experiment with it. 

I then went to my Monday Men's luncheon and then stopped at Wal-Mart and finally at the hardware store to return an item and also buy fireant treatment.  I didn't get home until after 3 pm and then rested for an hour or so.

Today was the day for the housekeepers to come and they did a super job in two hours with two of them working.  They had left before I got back home this morning.  As I got back this afternoon the yard men were just finishing up the mowing and had trimmed all of our bushes.  So things look spiffy around here.  Staying home this evening.

Judy, thanks for the devotional for this week and posting the hymn. 

Janet, it sounds like you have gotten back on the fast track with all that work in addition to your busy schedule.  Hope you don't wear yourself down again. 

Carol,  hard to imagine snow this time of the year.  I guess you and Ruth, RuthV and probably Judy don't find it strange.  Hope you have a good trip home. 

Etta Sue, a few weeks ago one of the black ladies at church had on a hat and it really looked nice. My wife complimented her on it.  It really stands out as so few women wear them anymore.

Jim, it has been cool here the last couple of days and we are getting a few sprinkles this afternoon.  I don't think much of anything is expected.  It is nice to have you joining us in our daily discussions. 

I wonder where Marilyn is.  Have I missed her posting in the last couple of days or are they away for a few days?

Thanks for the devotional, Judy B.

The weather here on the island is wet, cold, warm, wet....changes every day.  Doing wonders for the garden tho' and here is a small sample.  The entrance to the back yard, beside my entrance door.

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Mother's Day was nice, spent at home, Wendy cooked a turkey dinner as the others had to work.  I received nice flowers from my granddaughter, a lovely new purse and wallet from the kids.  Got spoiled :)

The garden is a busy place, with the birds building nests and the honeybees busy with the flowers.  Wish the weather was a little nicer as love sitting outside.  Today, brrrr!

A big Robin has continued to come for the past two years and sits outside Wendy's kitchen window wanting attention.  It comes to say hello every morning and taps on the window if she is not there.  One would have to see this to believe it is true.  Actually tries to talk with her.  She has a real gift with birds.

Time to go and think about something for dinner. 
Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

Well, the sun has just peeked out here, and I don't see any clouds at all.  There's a row of cedar trees about  150 feet from my window here, and the morning sun on them is absolutely beautiful!  May our God bless your day today and grant you to walk with Him.

Thanks, Al, I will be traveling today.  Just waiting for the commuter traffic to clear out and then I will be going to the Vet's Home, in Yountville, for a visit with Tom.  Then I will leave from there and travel up #505 to #5 and on home to Oregon.  :thumbsup:

This has been a long, and sometimes complicated, visit here in California, but I have enjoyed most of it.  :)  I will be very happy and relieved to get home, though, sometime late today.

May our God  in His mercy grant Jane a safe trip up to Coos Bay and a trip in which His Presence is known and felt all the way - all through our Lord Jesus Christ.

I just got a call telling me that Tom is being taken to a local hospital with breathing problems.  It is just a precautionary measure, they assured me, because he was not breathing as expected, and had aspirated.  I guess I will be going to Queen of the Valley hospital instead of the Vet's Home ... See y'all later. :wave:

Oh, dear!  I'm praying for you - and Tom.   :(

Praying Jane for both you and Tom.

Hi everyone.  I just got home and am eating my lunch.  Pat just returned from the doctor who she went to see because of a sore ear.  It was just wax buildup in both ears.  It will be interested to see if she can now hear better. 

Jane, nothing there is nothing seriously new with Tom.  Also hope you have had a good trip home.  It is nice to go but nothing beats getting to your own home.

Liz, beautiful picture of the flowers around your door. 

Whew!  Busy!  Busy!  I took Ivalou to rehab yesterday and then a lady that was in the hospital when Ivalou was there got done with rehab so we all talked for about 45 minutes.  Then Ivalou and I went out to eat lunch. 

I got home and left again around 3:30pm to get an RX at the drug store and then to Kitty's.  Our little drug store didn't have my medicine so I am to get it tomorrow after rehab. 

Kitty, Cherie and I ate at Panera Bread and then on to Photo Guild.  I entered a photo of the old hats that were displayed at church.  Several said I should enter it at the State Fair this year.  And I thought it was a so/so photo!

Today, Ivalou and I got our haircut and styled.  Then I took Ivalou to Golden Corral for her to have lunch with her classmates.  One of them brought her home.  I went to Jim Dandy, a local franchise restaurant similar to Perkins or a Big Boy restaurant, and had lunch with the SAM group from church. 

I came home and washed my hair.  I just don't like the feel of my hair after the beauticians put all that goop on it.  It is drying now.  I won't spend the money for that again!

Then at 4:15 I am to get Ivalou and then Betty and then Marge and head to Beef and Boards.  Tonight is 'Always Patsy Cline'.  Not sure what it will be...just singing or what. 

Busy!  Busy!  Tomorrow is just rehab! 

So good, it has to be true!

Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of sin, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!
Psalm 32:2 NLT

No, it's so good it has to be true.

George MacDonald (when someone protested
that the plan of salvation is too good to be true)

Whew!  Day two of National Nursing Home Week is over!  I worked a split shift again today.  Tomorrow and Thursday I will work a longer shift, then the four hours on Friday.  And that's enough!  I made the mistake of telling my boss that I didn't have much on my calendar this week, so she filled it up.  I sure don't want to work this much consistently, no energy left for anything else!

Beth was sick all day today, didn't eat at all.  The stomach flu has been sweeping through the facility.  Hope she is better tomorrow.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr it is cold, the furnace is on and it still feels cold, the rest of the week is to be rain the sun on Sat & Sun.   

A friend of ours has been in the hospital for close to 4 wks with various issues, first blood infection, then asthma acting up then needed to be transferred to another hospital for the breathing aids to be taken away reasons I do not know, just less than 2 wks ago she suffered a stroke and now she and her husband have been told that if she does not start walking a nursing home it will be, it seems that there is no reason for not walking. It seems that she has not walked for all the wks she has been in the hospital more I could say but choose not to needless to say for all of her married life she has been pampered terribly.

Janet & Etta Sue:  You are very busy ladies.

Larry: You seem to be very busy as well.

Marilyn:   I miss you. 

Judy:   Have you had enough of this   :snowman:

On Sunday we did the half way meet with our daughter it is always good to see her.

Ruth     :sleep:

There are some great tips for nature photography HERE (http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=9961.new#new)

Snow has gone, the temp has risen, but I am still feeling the cold.

The flu is going through the house, Started with Kassie and now I have it.  I pray John will be spared.

We have 2 puppies left, they have all gone to good loving homes, the majority going to the elderly.  I found that surprising, but they are all doing so well in their new homes.

Kassie came home just a hopping.  She and Elizabeth have won an academic award at school.  I am so proud of them.  The ceremony is the first of June.

I am heading to bed very soon.  Night all

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Hi everyone.  Shortly we will be off to Bible study with the pastor at the church.  Pat is finishing up doing her hair.  Etta Sue, you remind me of Pat as she never likes the way beautician does it.

Nothing else much new here.  I will have choir practice this evening.

Well, 'Always...Pasty Cline' was a wonderful show reminding me of songs I hadn't heard for years.  If you would like to read about the show click on Patsy Cline (http://www.beefandboards.com/)'s name.  Wonderful show!  And Patsy changed clothes 11 times...each time with fantastic outfit of the '60's.  A couple sitting behind us thought Patsy herself would be there.  They must not have been a Patsy Cline fan or they would have known Patsy's life was taken a long time ago.

Oh, it is getting darker and darker outside.  Will probably cut loose with rain when I have to go to Ivalou's house in an hour!  I do believe my raincoat will go with me today.

Jesus said..."I came to bring truth to the world. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true."


John 18:37 NLT


A wife prays for her husband's salvation

After a rather gentle talk [one evening] about Christianity, [my wife Davy] went to bed, leaving me lying upon the sofa in front of the fire reading....A half hour passed. I let the book fall and switched off the lamp. Gazing upon the glowing coals, I wondered with a strange mixture of hope and fear whether Christ might be in very truth my God. Suddenly I became aware that Davy was praying beside me—she had stolen into the room in her nightgown and knelt down by the sofa. I looked at the quiet figure for a few moments. I have never seen her pray. Then she spoke.

"When I was in bed," she said very softly, "it seemed to me that God was telling me to come to you. I have prayed to God to fulfill your soul."

She paused a moment, and then she whispered: "Oh, my dearest—please believe!"

Moved almost to tears, I whispered back—a broken whisper, she wrote in the Journal [the book we both kept of our searching for God and truth]—I whispered, "Oh, I do believe." I was shaken by the affirmation that swept over me.

"Hold to this moment," she murmured. "Hold to it when doubts come. This is the truth—I know it it."
Sheldon Vanauken in A Severe Mercy

Amen.

Awhile back there was a discussion what would we do when we are face to face with Our Heavenly Father.
My first response was to say "thank you for chosing to save me and make me one of your own" but I would have to agree I probably would say , nothing, I would be so in awe of HIS presence.

I just read a message that I posted in Manna for the Soul and I think I would be like John was when he saw GOD--fall down dead/ pass out..

All is finally well in Jersey, I am praising the Lord for watching over my mom--she took a nasty fall on Mother's day, landing on her head and back , but by GOD's grace, she feels fine.

Doctor gave her a clean bill of health.

Having another open house on Sunday afternoon....Please pray for a sale to go through...getting to hard to keep this big house economically and physically I definately can't handle it.

I agree, I love living next door to a church--makes doing my housework on saturdays when they have their services more bearable. I confess I open the windows and let their beautiful singing voices come through or sit on my porch and enjoy.

When they come out of services, they are so full of the word and they are still humming their songs.

I do not know the reason why some of the people say they don't want to live near a church, they don't say and some don't come in to look at my house when they see the church...not even a big church, looks like a small house with a small sign ..in fact my big victorian house towers over the church.

Another praise to the Lord for my husband good report from his doctor---cancer free for about five years, don't even need another checkup for a year...

Tears of joy filled him so when he found out

talk to you later

Good afternoon all. I am preparing for a pot luck at church this evening.  I have one dish in the oven and plan on making a dessert.

The house is cold, so I have layered rather than start the furnace.

I have enjoyed reading what everyone is doing.  Sounds like a full day for all of us.

Have a great day everyone.

This has been a sunny day here in the north, so I started singing this.  Decided to post it for you all to sing along with me.!

Have a great day.

Today started out cloudy and cold but by afternoon we had lots of sun although still cold, never mind this is my kind of a good nights rest. 

I did the monthly banking including the bank statement and yes it was out by 20 cents my fault I gave the hydro too much but it will correct itself on the next bill.

Out for dinner this evening as the birthday person (Mel) gets to eat free, it was a restaurant called Tuckers  a lovely buffet.

Did Janet work to hard today? 

Ruth

YES!!  (How did you know, Ruth?)  ;)  I'm really wiped out tonight.  I will be glad when this week is over.  But I should have a nice paycheck coming!  ;)

Hi everyone. 

I have spent several hours dealing with my desktop computer crashing.  I believe I have a virus of some type as it prevents me from installing new problems and has corrupted some of my programs.  I had the BounceBack that worked last evening but fear it may also have become corrupted.  If I can't get it cleaned up I am going to have to start fresh with reinstalling Windows 7, which isn't hard and reinstalling the many programs I use.  At least the computer hasn't crashed this morning.  In the future, I will not set the BounceBack program to automatically backup my computer and will do that manually. 

I am going to my retirees luncheon today and will leave in about 20 minutes as it takes almost an hour to get there.  That is the only thing on my schedule for today.

Yesterday our daughter finally had her appointment with the disability doctor.  Hopefully her case can now move forward.  It took her all day to get to the appointment, wait for the doctor and then get home.  Fortunately he had all of her medical records to review but gave her an order to get an additional x-ray, which will require her to make another long trip to the south part of the city.

Larry ~ You posted while I was composing.  Your desktop sounds like my laptop a few weeks back.  When you have a virus, your computer acts like it has a mind of its own.  My laptop works beautiful now!  I did get an external drive to backup my files on.  It is a My Passport Essential.  320gb.  My laptop is 320gb but then you can't back up everything from the computer to the Ultra-portable Hard Drive. 

I took Ivalou to rehab yesterday and then ate lunch at Pizza Hut.  Ivalou and I both needed prescriptions at the CVS so got them before returning home. 

Then I cleaned the dining room.  Sparkly dining room now.  Things are getting done but today I plan to rest.  It helps to not put the cleaning supplies and sweeper up and away.  Next is cleaning the bathroom.  Then the rest of the house will get what Mom used to say, 'A promise and a lick!'  Never knew what was meant by that saying.   ???  As for cleaning, I just think of it as surface cleaning!

We have had three days of rain.  I forgot.  Rest today?  Well, it is predicting rain but if it hasn't rained by after lunch, I will mow the lawn today! 

I read my 'Upper Room' today.  It was about Mary and Martha.  Mary was worshipping at Jesus' feet and Martha complaining to Jesus that she is to do all the work while Mary sits at Jesus' feet.  I start my days out as Mary!  I worship Jesus as I read my devotions and my 'reading the Bible in a year' chapters and verses.  Then I turn into being Martha and get to work.  Some days I stay in the Mary mode!  ^-^

I did get a phone call earlier from the secretary at church.  I have my own key to the church in an envelope at church.  Yay!  Now when I have things to put on the computer, I can come and go on my time instead of calling to see if anyone is at church so I can go in.  That is good.

Tony just called.  He is coming this evening to put pitch on my roof around the chimney and where my solar heat is attached to the roof.  AND while cleaning, I noticed I have the long cornice board over the picture window hanging on with only one nail on one end!  I am sure it has been that way since for a long time when I had to fix my vertical blinds but now that I know it needs fixed, I am getting it fixed.  Sons are good!

It has continued to be quite cool up here in the north.  I will be starting the furnace soon as it is too cold for me in the house.  I have an electric heater in the bedroom that i have going for the night, that way the fire doesn't need to be going then.

John has not avoided the flu.  He is dealing with its effects today.

Last night was the Women's Meeting for the month of May.  We had a wonderful time eating and enjoying each others company.  The pastor's daughter spoke about her time as a missionary kid on the Ivory Coast.  Some of her experiences were hair raising.  During her school years she and her brother heard that a missionary couple had been killed,  It took a week to find out that it wasn't her parents.    The evening ended in prayer and one on one fellowship.  All in all a great night.

I must go and check other forums so Bye for now.
JudyB

Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? Those who...keep their promise even when it hurts.


Psalm 15:1,4 NLT

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.

Abraham Lincoln

Etta Sue, that expression, 'a lick and a promise' means you will hit it a lick today, and promise to clean it better some other time.  ;)  I have heard it all my life, too.

FIFTY years ago today, I became a mother for the first time!  Can it really be that long??  Diane has been a joy and a blessing every day of her life, she is such a sweet daughter, wife, mother and now grandmother to two.  We are going to their house soon, to join them for hamburgers and to celebrate Diane.  I thank God for her.

Beth was feeling better today, she did eat lunch ( I got to go down and feed her.) But she was having a terrible time speaking loud enough for me to hear what she said.  This was "crazy hair day" and Jennifer, who works there and is Beth's friend, had parted Beths hair into little sections, put colorful rubber bands on them and curled them.  She looked cute.

I need to get a load of clothes out of the dryer, and get ready to leave.  Happy Thursday evening, all!

Well I am impressed Kass has completed all the English assignments for the entire English course.  She has enjoyed English this semester.  Different teacher has made, what was dull, is now interesting.

This has been a quiet day.

Must go have a great evening everyone.

Yes we have rain and cool days again.

Dinner is on the stove - Fish Chowder   we are eating later as we were in town but also had something to eat so not really starving.    

My aunt called this morning with news not the good kind her neighbors wife had and is in the hospital with the threat of a nursing home well now while he was visiting her last evening he suffered a heart attack and is in now as well.  He has had an ongoing heart problem but I am sure that his wife not well has just put him over the top.

Welcome keeper  


Better back out to the kitchen.      Ruth

I know this isn't a humor forum, but "a laugh a day keeps the doctor in pay.  So here's a pun for y'all.

Evidence had been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers.  Unfortunately, all the Swiss league records  were destroyed in  fire, and so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.

AL:   ;D 

Joyce:  Your prayers will be answered and I pray it will be soon. 

Larry:  I can[t imagine any of the computer stuff being above your head.  You do so well with techie things. 

I am knitting another afghan and it is so far, so good. 

Hi everyone.  Just back from coffee at the senior center.  The big activity for the day is to take the car to get it washed.  I am going out of town tomorrow but will be back Sunday afternoon and I am driving.  So wanted the car cleaned up as a friend is riding with me.  We still have some evidence of the pollen from the mountains showing on the car.

I am happy to say that my BounceBack program seems to have done exactly what I had hoped and restored my hard drive into the condition it was before the problems.  I spent several hours yesterday running a malware program and also my anti-virus scan and neither found a problem.  I also ran a couple of other programs I have to check things out.  The computer did not crash yesterday so am feeling much better about the situation. 

Ruth, one of the problems with having a heart condition is that a diseased heart doesn't like stress.  I try to avoid as much of it as possible as know that it can bring on immediate angina, which isn't good for your heart.

Judy, a teacher can make such a difference in whether a child learns and enjoys.  I still remember some of the very good teachers I had over the years.  Glad Kass did so well.

Janet, glad to hear that Beth was feeling better yesterday.  Hope the improvement continues today. 

Etta Sue, glad you got the key for the church.  It should simply your activities there.

A nice sunny day today.  Glad of that after rains and clouds the last 3-4 days.  I did get the yard mowed yesterday after lunch.  I had one drop of rain hit me on the top of my head and one quarter-size drop on the lawnmower.  I looked up and a huge black cloud was right over me and I wasn't half done with mowing.  But in a matter of a few seconds, the sun was shining again.  It was back and forth with sun and clouds the rest of the mowing.  And the wind!  So strong!!

Tony came last evening and we got my cornice board fixed and then he looked in my attic.  Seems there is a vent right above where I have a water spot on the ceiling in the utility room.  So he got his ladder and went up on the roof.  There is a rubber/plastic flange around the 3" vent that has deteriorated with age.  All three vent flanges need to be replaced.  Well, nephew Jeff is the one that put the roof on for Mom 10-12 years ago so I called him.  He is suppose to come tomorrow and replace the flanges. 

Today I am doing some laundry and then plan to clean some more house.  I just may have to start wearing sunglasses inside...everything is getting so shiny! ! ! :lol:

It took 5 minutes for my last post to post.  Then it said while I was posting someone else posted.  All I see is Larry's post before mine and it was a half hour before mine.  Is anyone else having problems or is it just me? 

Where's Marilyn???

Etta Sue, it's been very slow for me, too,  in here the last couple of days. 

Make them pure and holy by teaching them your words of truth.


John 17:17 NLT


Truth is unchanging

"Hey, Mom, guess what we learned in school today?" Victor took off his raincoat and dropped it on the floor inside the back door.

"Did you know that people used to think the world was flat?" Victor said.

"Did they?" Mom said, dropping her mouth in an expression of shock. "If it's not flat, what shape is it?"

"It's round," Victor said. "You know that."

"You're right," Mom admitted. They sat down in a chair next to a freestanding globe in the corner of the front room. "But all those years people  thought the world was flat, was it flat or was it round?"

Victor thought for a moment before answering firmly, "Round."

Mom nodded, "That's right, Victor. You see what people thought didn't change what was true, did it? Let me ask you one more question, Victor. Some people say the Word of God isn't true. What do you think about that?"

Victor pondered his mom's question for a long minute before answering. "What they  think doesn't matter, does it, Mommy?" Victor answered.

"You're right, Victor," Mom said. "Because truth doesn't change."

OK I didn't have any problem posting.  I have alerted Pat to your problem Etta Sue.  But I am wondering if you have to clean up your cookies?  I do mine regularly when things slow down.

It is a cloudy day, but in chatting with Ruth she says the sun is out up her way and it sure is getting brighter here.

Kass is going to a youth outing next weekend.  I am praying the holy spirit reaches her in a fresh new way.  She will be gone from Friday noon through to Monday evening.  This is an annual thing that all of our girls have gone to.  Elizabeth has chosen to not go.  That is sad.

Have to go, check out more of the new posts.

Larry:   My aunts neighbour with the heart problem is now home from the hospital and yes it was stress.

Just stopped by to check the mail as I am doing some of that dreaded house work and yes I will be pleased when the job is done.  Just a thought Etta Sue perhaps you will come and help me with the cleaning.

Earlier today I called our cable company for the TV and yes I got a large reduction in the monthly fees, No contract was one price and a 1 year contract lowered it even more as well as being a long time subscriber it is good to know about some of the perks these are not secrets but neither do they make it public. 

Yesterday the site acted up with me as well and I do not have an overload of cookies etc.

Ruth

I've had a great evening out with Kassie and we ended it with an ice-cream in a cup.  Considered a small, but larger than any other small that can be bought.  Wonderful way to end a good evening.

Good night all, I am heading to bed.

Hi Everyone.

I will leave from coffee to attend an overnight meeting not too far from Atlanta.  I will be home tomorrow afternoon.  I'll try to check in tomorrow evening.

A strange morning - intermittent bright sunshine and heavy, dark clouds, with gusty wind.  And it should be around 60 but these winds won't let it feel that warm.   :(

Jeanne, it sounds like my weather yesterday is yours today!  Gusty wind with clouds, then sunshine! 

Well, my roof is all fixed.  Nephew Jeff came and replaced flanges on all three vents and then sealed the chimney, around the solar heat panel and the flange around where the electric comes into the house with pitch.  Took him less than an hour.  He is now at his Mother's, Ivalou, and is removing the ramp he made for inside the house. 

I don't think I will clean much today.  I may make a list for groceries to get after rehab Monday.  And I think I will install my My Passport Essential...portable Hard Drive. 

Then I have a project I am thinking about doing.  Since I am reading the Bible in a year and all these names to pronounce, I want to put on Word the names and how to pronounce it from a book that I have.  The book tells you about the person and where those names are located in the Bible.  I want just the pronunciation.  It may take me a long time to get it done.

I clicked PREVIEW and it was over a minute before it showed the preview.  And I downloaded ccleaner.com last week and all my cookies were cleaned up then.  Any other suggestions? 

Jeanne, it sounds like my weather yesterday is yours today!  Gusty wind with clouds, then sunshine! 

Well, my roof is all fixed.  Nephew Jeff came and replaced flanges on all three vents and then sealed the chimney, around the solar heat panel and the flange around where the electric comes into the house with pitch.  Took him less than an hour.  He is now at his Mother's, Ivalou, and is removing the ramp he made for inside the house. 

I don't think I will clean much today.  I may make a list for groceries to get after rehab Monday.  And I think I will install my My Passport Essential...portable Hard Drive. 

Then I have a project I am thinking about doing.  Since I am reading the Bible in a year and all these names to pronounce, I want to put on Word the names and how to pronounce it from a book that I have.  The book tells you about the person and where those names are located in the Bible.  I want just the pronunciation.  It may take me a long time to get it done.

I clicked PREVIEW and it was over a minute before it showed the preview.  And I downloaded ccleaner.com last week and all my cookies were cleaned up then.  Any other suggestions? 

Same thing happened today when posting.  First, it took forever in 'loading'.  I even copied and pasted.  Clicked Post several times.  Clicked 'reload' and 'stop'.  Nothing made a difference.  Finally, it still showed my 'reply' windows but above it said, a person had posted and that I might want to review my post before posting...or something like that. 

Then I scrolled on down and it looked like my post did post.  So then I went to Thoughts for the Week and clicked on todays posts which on the right said the last post was Etta Sue and sure enough, it did post!  And I still had the window in another tab up with my post waiting to be posted. 

Cyber spooks.  Also, I have no problems on other sites or Facebook.  Just  CP.  If this posts right away, maybe it is my .gif files that is causing the slowness.

That posted like it should!   :thinking:

May our Father grant a happy and blessed birthday to you, Ruth!

Not much sleep last night.  I am loco.  I bought John a book last weekend and told him I would have it finished before he came home.  595 pages.....and I will be done before he comes home.  It is the type of book that you can't put down once you get into it.  It was already light when I turned off the light to get a bit of sleep.  I have about 125 pages to go.  

Have a great day everyone, And God bless

Freed by "foolishness"

So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world's brilliant debaters? God has made them all look foolish and has shown their wisdom to be useless nonsense.


1 Corinthians 1:20 NLT

We were deceived by the wisdom of the serpent, but we are freed by the foolishness of God.

St. Augustine


The wisdom of the world

The wisdom of the world would never have chosen a cross for its salvation. The wisdom of the world always chooses the path of obvious victory. It knows nothing of the deeper battles and subtleties of faith. It acts on what it sees on the surface and grabs as much visible glory as it can. It will not wait; it seizes the day.

We are not born of that spirit. We are born of the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of God will lead us to the Cross. He points us to eternal realities, not temporary glory. While earthly wisdom tells us to get what we can while we can get it, God's wisdom shows us the reality of eternity that lies beyond the visible nature of this corrupt world. It shows us the Resurrection beyond the Cross.

Those of us who seek true wisdom do not simply desire information from God. We want to know what He is like. We must come to see Him as the source of all truth, and we must take our cures from Him. We shouldn't be satisfied with Him just telling us what to believe. We need to see it in action.

God has given us the answer, of course. We can examine the wisdom of Jesus, which led Him to death for a greater good. What He did in surrendering to the Cross was absolute foolishness in the eyes of the world. And it still is. But we can see beyond the Cross if we are wise, and based on what we see, we can walk toward it with confidence.

To answer all the Where's Marilyn?? questions,

My modem died on May 1st may it rest in peace. Verizon sent out a new one and got us hooked up to a higher speed DSL than what we had. The modem they sent was is defective and does not work even plugged straight into the computer and by passing the router. I remembered that I had brought a modem with me, but not until Friday  did I remember that.

Saturday and Sunday/Mother's Day I called  Verizon and talked to someone in INDIA, that was so frustrating because  after doing all they said to do  It still wasn't fixed and they told me I needed to install some drivers in all the computers. So They were going to send out a truck on Monday the 17ths for $129.00 to fix the computers and get us online.  I canceled that appointment yesterday after I found my modem and did all the work myself.

I hooked  it up to the router nothing happened, so I  hooked it up to just the computer and it worked fine. OK DEAD ROUTER!!. Today we bought a new Router  and all is well again. I did have a problem getting  my Net book  to read  the wireless connection until I  put the set up on a flash drive and used that to get the Netbook going. I am so glad that I can follow instructions and am just a little bit tech savvy.  :thumbsup: Not afraid to try to do it myself.


Last Monday I made an overnight trip to McKinleyville to attend the funeral of Willa's husband who passed away a week ago Wednesday.

I went through severe withdrawals without being able to get online.

Glad you got things sorted out, Marilyn.  I am finally wireless again, after several trips out here by our internet provider people.  But my desktop is history, I guess.   :'(

Curtis (grandson) came up yesterday and again today to help Darrel with some work, and I am so thankful.  He has felt so bad since we got home, and was gbetting further behind on his work, so that gave him a real boost.  They came to help celebrate Diane's birthday (Curtis' Mom, our daughter) and so we got to meet the newest member of our family, little Chelsea Rebecca, born May 1st.  Of course, she is beautiful!   ;)

I spent the day at the library today, making cards.  I wasn't in the mood to work on my scrapbooks, even though I am lightyears behind on them.  :-\

  Marilyn:   Welcome back with your problems solved, I am not savy like you so with problems I need to go to someone.  Praise the Lord we are not all the same.

It sounds as though Mel is in the kitchen getting a snack I think that it will be a big one as I had made a loaf of bread earlier in the day.

We have had a cool and cloudy day but tomorrow is to be sunny.

Ruth

Listening to a radio program that is all about teens being in trouble and then having the church and caring people helping them turn around.  it is great to hear. 

Cleaning and fixing a few things - there is always something and now it is wiFi that is going in and out.  Also, the cell phone has been miserable and cuts out on conversations. 

Dinner was Teriyaki sauce over noodles, a broth soup and fresh strawberries that were really tasty for a change. 

Sunset is lovely.  Looking forward to Sunday morning. 











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Welcome back, Marilyn! 

I purchased My Passport Essential, an external hard drive.  I love it that just about all electronics have no instructions.  All it said was easy to install.  Well, yes!  Plug the USB cord in your computer and the other end in the Passport!  From then on it took me three or more hours!!  I found the manual online.  Then I was to download two things.  I did.  Nothing.  I think I discovered that one of my USB ports is dead.  Then I downloaded them again.  Nothing.  I clicked on Computer, then the removable drive.  Showed nothing.  I couldn't get the window to run it to come on.  Finally I formatted the Passport and it worked.  It is suppose to back up automatically after the initial back up.  Well, I did some WORD work and it didn't back it up!  Grrr! 

Today I am running the projector at church.  Hope Ivalou remembers she is to drive herself to church. 

Who knows what I might get into when I get back home!  Euchre is Tuesday! 

Etta Sue so you are having computer problems too, All is well with my computer, however,
Keith has a virus in his that I just cannot remove. I can't even get the Control Panel to open. to remove the program that somehow downloaded itself into his computer last night. It won't even let me install a virus program to get it out.

It says it is an Anti-spyware  program thing that keeps popping up in the corner of his screen saying the this and that are corrupted, even the AVG when it tried to run. It wants him to buy the program;  I took out AVG and downloaded Microsoft Security Essentials this dumb program won't let it install. Keith is going to have to get someone other than me to fix his computer.

The funeral service I attended for Willa's husband was so nice, her son, grandson and two other pastors spoke, it was 1½ hours long. Then we went to to Eureka to the cemetery where there was a Military  service in the mausoleum, with the 21 gun salute outside. I love hearing TAPS and seeing the flag presentation, It is so awesome. Taps always brings tears to my eyes, but this time they were very profuse. 

The reception  at the church after we returned to McKinleyville was also very nice the food was terrific, I left there at 2:45 for the long drive home, arriving here at 7 P.M.

Marilyn from what I have heard the hard drive on the virused computer will have to be wiped clean and reformatted.  That is what happened to mine when I have had a virus as well as with the business computer that I worked with.  Unfortunately he has probably lost all the information on that hard drive.  Sad.

We had an excellent worship this morning at church.  Pastor Larry is such a good teacher.  Teaching again was on an aspect of David's life. 

Kass is being tormented by allergies. We still have pollen on the car windshield in the mornings, and she was out in the fields yesterday.

John is home and we are heading out to check the fence line shortly.  It is the other side of our property,  this will be interesting!

Have to run
Have a blessed day

Etta Sue, that stuff drives me straight up the wall!  No way I can fix computer problems, and I really don't want to mess with them.  So I need help, like Ruth says she does.

We had a good service this morning; our district Superintendent was there.  He dedicated the two children our pastor adopted from Etheopia, and then preached a very good sermon.  We left immediately after church to go to Diane's again so we could see the great grands before they headed back home.  And I got to hold little Chelsea, and Lexi even warmed up to me some.  She is a very pretty little girl.  

Now we are back home.  I am sleepy as I was up from 2 till 5 AM, so I think I will just take a little snooze  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Time to lock the doors and start a new week!

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